Rail-joint



(No Model.)

. R. N. WALD.

' UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

RICHARD NELSON WVALD, OF EARLVILLE, ILLINOIS.

RAIL-JO INT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 4.32,101,dated July15,1890. Application filed April 3, 1890. Serial Nox 346,462. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern: 7

Beitknown that I, RICHARD NELsON IVALD, a citizen of Earlville, in thecounty of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Rail-Joints; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in railroad-joints, and has forits object to provide simple devices whereby two rail-sections may beeasily, quickly, and securely united together and to the railroad-ties.

A further object is to produce simple and efflci'ent devices for joiningtwo rail-sections, said devices being so constructed that they shall becapable of withstanding any additional strain which may be brought tobear thereon at the point where two rails meet.

A further object is to so construct devices for connecting tworail-sections that said devices shall have a flat bearing on the web andflanges of the rail and the railroad-ties.

A further object is to so secure the connecting plates or devices to therail and ties that the fastening devices which secure the plates andrail together will be out of line with the fastening devices whichsecure the plates to the ties.

IVith these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construetion and combinations and arrangements of parts, ashereinafter set forth, and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a: plan view of my invention,showing the same applied to two rail-sections. Fig. 2 is a side view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is an end view.

A A represent two rail-sections located upon ties 13. A fish-plate O issecured to and at opposite sides of the rails A A, and are made ofsufficient length to lie upon three railroadties D D D the central tie Dlying directly under the joint a of the rail-sections A A. Eachfish-plate O is made with an upright portion 7), adapted to lie flatagainst the web of the rail and abut against the tread thereof, saidportions 1) and the rail-web being provided with aligned perforationsfor the reception of securing-bolts b',by means of which the fish-platesO and the rails are secured together. From the vertical portion 1; theplates 0 project downwardly and outwardly to produce a flange 0,extending from end to end of said plate. The under face of the flange cis cut away, wherebyit is made to conform to the flange of the rail, ashoulder (Z being formed, which shoulder abuts against the edge of therail-flange. The under face of the flange 0 is adapted to lie upon theties, and at its edge is provided with a series of notches c 6 c andare-so located that they shall be out of line with the bolts Z), whichsecure the fishplates 0 to the rails, and the notches of one plate willbe out of line with the notches of the other plate. The notches c of therespect ive plates which coincide with the central tie D will be soarranged that they will be out of line with the joint of the tworail-sections and out of line" with each other. At the center of eachplate (Limmediately beneath the joint of the two rail-sections, a solidrib E is made, said rib being made at the junction of the portions 1) cof the plate, and made to extend over a portion of each part Z) c of theplate and at opposite sides of the joint of the rail-sections The bodyor bulk of the rib or shoulder E is immediately beneath the joint a ofthe rail-sections, and thus strengthens the plate 0 at the point wherethe greatest strain is likely to come.

A rail-joint constructed and arranged as above set forth is exceedinglysimple, cheap to manufacture, and effective in the performance of thefunction for which it is intended.

I-Iaving fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Plates for connecting railroad-rails and for locking them to theties, each comprising a vertical portion for contact with the web of therail and the under side of the tread, oblique portion integral with thevertical portion for contact with the flange and with the ties, and asolid rib integral with the vertical and oblique sections, the said ribbeing thicker and wider at the angle of the two sections than at anyother point, substantially as shown.

2. The combination, with rails and ties, of the plates, each having avertical portion for engaging the web and the under side of the tread,an oblique portion for engaging the flange and ties, the said obliquepol tion hztv- In testimony whereof I have signed this ing notchesarranged; as described, to receive specification in the presence of twosubscribspikes, and 2t solid rib integral with the vering Witnesses.

tieal and oblique portions the said rib being RICHARD NELSON \VALD. 5thicker and wider at the angle of the two see- Witnesses:

tions than at any other point, substantially ANDREW J. PEPPER,

as set forth. L. O. BROWNE.

